The euro-zone crisis and the U.S. elections were among the less popular stories in China this year. The WSJ's Carlos Tejada tells us which stories sparked the most reader interest in China.

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I ... the ... what with the mouse and stories in China for twenty oh what can see it's a unique in ... joining me now is Chinese and their cargoes to ... calm those things so much for joining us today ... so he took us to know what were some of the most when I gentle stories for twenty twelve ... what share of the top story ... was the story of the year in China that was the fall of Bo Xilai ... and the murder of Neil Heywood on at the hands of what Chinese authorities said was his wife Gu Kailai ... of this is a story that was very sensitive to the local media that doesn't cover ... and so a lot of people turned to the gorilla other foreign media ... for news on this ... rather are shaking their hands ... I have to also note that we did cover some stories that were censored but ... I can talk as to what the stories where ... I would share some of the the the ... some of the stories pertains to ... Bo Xilai and that reflects on some of the ... delicate balancing act that that Beijing walked as is a very publicly ... took down what had once been a ... former ... up with that with a high flyer in the coming as party ... of ... it at first that they they wanted to strictly control the story because it shows um ... so that the shares in ... the vineyard community that the government likes to show that they're in the coming as party likes to show ... on the other hand um they felt that he was ... leading a new movement within China your faction of the party ... I've that they were very ... a quick to discredit so ... we so with so little bit of both ways a mean sometimes or stores or block that sometimes they weren't and then you know is always the case that never really explained to us why ... I ... and also very interesting to see that despite the fact that the U S presidential election ... and the euro zone crisis continued to make the headlines globally ... the stories weren't ... part of the top stories in China ... he explained ... well that's true ... then that's because of for international news there are a number of places that you can go when even the Chinese media will will cover that ... will cover this story is a fairly ... early will people really want to know about is what's going on which the people in power in their own country ... and in China ... you often have to go before immediate understand what's going on ... I ... love thanks very much for joining us today ... China news editor Carlos Okada for more on that story go to Des beest dot com I'm unique in for the Wall Street Journal digital network ...